Ardea

Latin ardea (“heron”)

Ardea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ardeidae – the great herons and certain other herons and egrets.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Ciconiiformes - order; Ardeidae - family; Ardeinae  subfamily

• (genus): Ardea alba, Ardea cinerea, Ardea cocoi, Ardea goliath, Ardea herodias, Ardea humbloti, Ardea insignis, Ardea melanocephala, Ardea pacifica, Ardea picata, Ardea purpurea, Ardea sumatrana - species

• Ardeola
• Ardeotis

• Ardea (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ardea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ardea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.de.a/

Ardea f (genitive Ardeae); first declension

1. a very ancient city of Latium, capital of the Rutuli

First declension.

• Ardeās
• Ardeātīnus

• Ardea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Ardea in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly